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Place of Birth: Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Katja Seizinger
- Katja Seizinger (born 10 May 1972) is a former alpine ski racer, the most successful alpine racer from Germany. Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill and five Super-G.
- She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award. With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and 1998, she became the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title.
- At the same Olympics Debora Compagnoni had the same record in Giant Slalom, becoming the first athlete to win 3 gold medals in 3 Olympics in a row (in 2 different speciality). Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998, sat out the entire 1999 season, then retired in April.
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